"Come out, come out, it's them, none of these imperial examination examiners are good. I wrote a good policy, why did I fail?"
"That's right, we took part in the imperial examination in order to serve the country. We would rather die than submit. They only select those who submitted the examination."
"Yes, I heard that in the imperial examination room, there was a candidate who was slandered by them. They tore up his examination paper, kicked him out of the examination room, and was sentenced to three years without taking part in the imperial examination. It's so abominable..."
"The real fraud and injustice are caused by them. I fought with them..."
"Yes, let's fight..."
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Wei Zheng stood up and signaled the imperial city guards who were maintaining order to stop them.
Wei Zheng walked to the front and stood on the chair that had been brought. He held something like an earthen trumpet in his hand and shouted: "All candidates, please be quiet and don't make a mess. I, the imperial censor, Wei Zheng, your majesty has heard that everyone Regarding the matter, I have specially ordered me to personally investigate and collect evidence. We will investigate the matter of this scientific expedition on the spot and we will definitely give everyone an explanation."
"The dog officer! The dog officer who is collaborating with them..."
At this moment, someone threw a rotten egg up and hit Wei Zheng in the forehead.
Wei Zheng was dumbfounded, and so were the officials who followed him.
An official shouted: "How dare you beat the imperial official so arrogantly? Take it down for me!"
But the Imperial City Guard General panicked and immediately ordered everyone not to move, "My lords, the general has received the emperor's order. If any candidate is injured, your majesty will take issue with me. The general is responsible for maintaining order, you can You can’t deceive the general.”
"Didn't you see that Mr. Wei was beaten? What kind of behavior is this?" The people from the Ministry of Rites argued with reason.
Wei Zheng waved his hand and said: "That's all, it doesn't matter. It's normal for students to have some resentment. Everyone, please come forward."
But as soon as the officials stood in the front row, rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs were thrown at them. This time, not just one, but all were thrown at them like prisoners on death row. Everyone was smashed and fled, in a miserable state.
People in Yushitai said, who is behind this special girl? What a loss. Has our Yushitai recruited you? We are the mediators.
"Hey, it seems I hit the wrong person. Wei Zheng, the imperial censor at the censorship station, is a good man and the father-in-law of the champion."
"Ah? Isn't the father-in-law of the Champion Marquis Your Majesty? Why is this father-in-law? A cousin?"
"Bah! What kind of watch? How can my father-in-law have a watch? Our champion Hou Fengliu is so suave that even when he became a consort, he didn't hesitate to marry two more. Doctor Wei's daughter is one of his equal wives."
"One? So you marry more than one? Amazing, the champion is indeed a role model for us."
"Alas...it's a pity that the Marquis was assassinated by the Turks and died young. God is jealous of talents!"
"Hey, you two, you're here to do business today."
…
In the Tai Chi Hall of the Imperial Palace, an official fled back in embarrassment and reported: "Your Majesty, it's chaos, it's all chaos. The candidates don't approve of this method and don't trust all officials. They are clamoring to see you, Your Majesty."
"Insolent! Everything has to be handled by the Labor Saint, so what use are you? Your Majesty, you must not be involved in danger. This turmoil is obviously instigated by someone. If you show up and someone has evil intentions..." Changsun Wuji quickly dissuaded him.
Li Er stood up, "Okay. Since they want me to come forward in person, it would be a good idea to meet these candidates. There are not many scholars in the Tang Dynasty. These people are all future talents. I should do my best to select talents for the country." "
"Your Majesty, think twice!" Many people tried to dissuade him.
Li Er scolded: "Huh! If you hadn't offended the poor scholars in the world and made them distrust the government, why would I do this? No need to say more, let's go, the matter will be solved."
Everyone had no choice but to follow collectively, and the entrance to the imperial city seemed crowded for a while. The guard strength alone has increased threefold, with three levels inside and three levels outside.
Come on, come on, the saint is coming out, that is the saint, is he really a saint?
After the simple commotion, all the troublemaking candidates fell silent. Everyone looked at the majestic middle-aged man in the middle wearing a crown.
Li Er was very pleased that these are the future generation of our Tang Dynasty. Although he shouted that he did not trust officials, they still seemed to be respectful to himself as the emperor.
"I……"
"Your Majesty, it's not appropriate to go forward." The guard general blocked the emperor.
Li Er could only make a long story short: "You are all talents of our Tang Dynasty and future pillars. I heard that everyone questions the fairness and authenticity of the imperial examination?"
Someone boldly stood up and shouted: "Sage, we have all seen the champion Hou's essay on submitting papers for the imperial examination. This essay explained in depth the dangers of submitting papers for the imperial examination. I thought that the prince's strategy had alerted the court, so we came to boldly I took the exam and wanted to contribute to the country. But I didn’t expect that the imperial exam was still so unfair. When the results were released, all the people on the list were those who submitted their papers."
Of course the emperor knew it, but he could only pretend not to know, and pretended to be surprised: "Is this happening? Where is the imperial wine ceremony? You are the examiner this time. Come and give us an explanation. If it is found out that there is something wrong with this imperial examination I can't spare you the unfair treatment of favoritism and malpractice."
Kong Yingda, the Imperial College wine-offering minister, stood up bravely and said in his heart, I became the victim this time.
Wei Zheng shouted loudly: "Dear candidates, His Majesty personally came out to help everyone solve the problem, which shows that he attaches great importance to it. In order to solve it quickly, and for the safety of Your Majesty and everyone, please be quiet and orderly, and don't cause chaos, so as to avoid being misled by people with malicious intentions. It’s a matter. I, together with all my colleagues at Yushitai, will supervise the entire process of this investigation.”
The guard general shouted: "Everyone, find a place to sit down in an orderly manner and keep quiet. Faced with enemy spies sneaking in to assassinate Your Majesty. If something happens to Your Majesty, who will administer justice to everyone?"
Those who can take to the streets to speak out are basically people who still have hope and believe in justice. So when I heard this, everyone understood and cooperated.
If they are those who are completely disappointed, hehe, let alone cooperate, they will not come out to complain. If such people are dissatisfied, they will either become disheartened and leave for a foreign country, or they will be like Huang Chao, a failed scholar who rebels: When September 8 next year comes, I will bloom and kill hundreds of flowers, and the fragrance will penetrate Chang'an and fill the city. Wear gold armor!
The Minister of Dali Temple stood up and said, "Dear candidates, you are questioning that the people on the list this time are all those who submitted the examination papers, and bribed the examiners of the imperial examination? Is there any evidence? Without evidence, it is impossible to just rely on speculation."
"That's right, you can't just say it's fraud because you failed the exam and you feel dissatisfied, right?" the examiner from the Ministry of Etiquette agreed.
A candidate stood up and shouted: "I saw with my own eyes that the third person on the list was the person who submitted the examination to the Qinghe Cui family. Later, when they drank with him, he personally confirmed that the Qinghe Cui family privately agreed to him. List."
oh? Is this happening?
The Qing of Dali Temple said loudly: "Who is third on the list? Are you here today?"
